BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Rome BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251026T020000 RDATE:20260329T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261025T020000 RDATE:20270328T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20271031T020000 RDATE:20280326T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20281029T020000 RDATE:20290325T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20291028T020000 RDATE:20300331T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20301027T020000 RDATE:20310330T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20311026T020000 RDATE:20320328T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250610T000000 RDATE:20251026T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260329T030000 RDATE:20261025T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20270328T030000 RDATE:20271031T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20280326T030000 RDATE:20281029T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20290325T030000 RDATE:20291028T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20300331T030000 RDATE:20301027T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20310330T030000 RDATE:20311026T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Rome CEST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6e3b209ca04df6b1d04c657143e46f22 CATEGORIES:Call for papers CREATED:20260121T235612 SUMMARY:“History and Geopolitics of Nuclear Deindustrialization” LOCATION:Università di Torino DESCRIPTION:CfP“History and Geopolitics of Nuclear Deindustrialization”\nInternational Conference organized in the framework of the DENUCLIT and the GeoNuFE resea rch projects\n11th – 12th June 2026, Turin, Italy \nThe DENUCLIT (Nuclear D eindustrialization. Human capital, business restructuring and environmental \nchange in Italy, 1971-1999, PRIN Progetto di interesse nazionale 2022, di r. Barbara Curli) and the\nGeoNuFE (Critical Geopolitics of Nuclear Fuel Su pply in Europe, ERC Starting Grant 2025, dir. Teva\nMeyer) projects invite the submission of abstracts for an international conference on the “History and\nGeopolitics of Nuclear Deindustrialization” to be held in Turin on 11 th-12th June 2026. The conference\nseeks to bring historical and geopolitic al perspectives into conversation with a wider set of approaches,\nincludin g socio-environmental, cultural, anthropological, and economic analyses, in order to explore the\nmultiple dimensions of nuclear deindustrialization a cross time and space.\nIn recent years, nuclear energy has returned to glob al debates as a possible response to climate\nchange and concerns about ene rgy security. At the same time, many countries, especially in Western\nEuro pe and the United States, have been dealing with the long and complicated c onsequences of nuclear\ndecline and industrial restructuring. This contrast between renewed interest and prolonged contraction\ngives us a sense of th e deep asymmetries that now shape the nuclear landscape, and it raises ques tions about\nhow we got here, historically and politically. It is along thi s line of inquiry that the conference is situated.\nWe bring together the p erspectives of two ongoing projects: DENUCLIT, which looks at the\nhistoric al and industrial transformations linked to nuclear closures in Italy, in c onversation with a broader\nEuropean and global framework of deindustrializ ation; and GeoNuFE, which examines how the geopolitics\nof nuclear fuel sup ply is changing and how power is being redistributed across the sector. By putting these\nperspectives into dialogue, the conference aims to better un derstand how nuclear industries are dismantled,\nreorganized, or, in some c ases, deliberately kept alive, and how these processes intersect with shift ing\ngeopolitical, social, environmental, and cultural dynamics. These deve lopments resonate with broader\ndebates on decommissioning and post-nuclear landscapes, heritage, memory, and the long-term\nmanagement of the sites a nd materials left behind, showing how nuclear activity continues to carry\n economic, technological, and political significance beyond power production . This continuity underscores\nthe enduring and transnational nature of a “ residual” nuclear economy.\n \nUnderstanding how nuclear activities persist after reactor shutdowns also helps us make better sense of today’s geopoli tics of nuclear fuel. The gradual contraction of the nuclear market over se veral decades, through mine closures or mothballing; the downsizing of conv ersion and enrichment facilities, and the loss of industrial capacity in ma ny Western countries, has led to a fuel cycle that is now strongly concentr ated in the hands of few actors, creating structural vulnerabilities. The c urrent dependencies that shape the geopolitics of nuclear fuel are not new: they stem directly from earlier phases of industrial decline, disinvestmen t, and policy decisions that reduced domestic capabilities. In other words, today’s geopolitical tensions around supply security are inseparable from the long-term history of how the nuclear sector was dismantled, reorganized , or allowed to contract.\nBy combining historical, geopolitical, socio-env ironmental, and cultural approaches, the conference aims to explore the mul tifaceted dimension of nuclear deindustrialization. We welcome abstracts th at engage with these themes in different national and regional contexts and that consider the longue durée of nuclear infrastructures, from their cons truction and operation to their dismantling and afterlives, as well as the evolving geopolitics of the nuclear fuel cycle today.\nPossible topics to b e discussed as part of the conference’s thematic include, but are not limit ed to:\n· industrial and technological restructuring\n· business history an d the evolution and recomposition of labor\n· financial and legal aspects o f nuclear deindustrialization\n· safety, health and radioprotection\n· the architectures of nuclear decommissioning\n· socio-environmental policies, l egacies and futures of nuclear sites\n· community experiences, mobilization and socio-technical imaginaries\n· the cultural and material heritage and the politics of memory\n· the political geographies of nuclear infrastructu res, and supply chains\n· international, national, regional and local forms of governance\n· the geopolitics of nuclear materials re-usage and recycli ng\n· circulation of knowledge and expertise\n· evolution of approaches and technologies for radioactive waste management\n \nDeadline & how to ap ply\nPlease send an abstract by February 28th, 2026 to the following email address: Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abi litare JavaScript per vederlo.\nAbstracts (in word) must include: a title, full name, institution, email address of the author(s), from 3 to 5 keyword s, a text not exceeding 300 words, and references.\nNotifications of accept ance will be communicated via e-mail to all applicants by March 30th, 2026. If accepted, participants are expected to expand their abstracts into long er texts of max. 1,000 words and hand them in by May 31st, 2026.\n \nOther info, Links & conditions\nThe conference will be held in English and in person only.\nAccommodation and meals will be provided by the conference o rganizers. Transportation expenses will not be covered.\nMay you have furth er questions, please contact: Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spamb ots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo.\nProject websites:\nDEN UCLIT: https://www.denuclit.unito.it/home (https://www.denuclit.unito.it/ho me)\nGeoNuFE: https://geonufe.eu/ (https://geonufe.eu/)\nScientific and Org anising Committee\nElisabetta Bini, Università di Napoli Federico II\nAdna Čamdžić, Università degli Studi di Torino\nBarbara Curli, Università degli Studi di Torino\nMauro Elli, Università degli Studi di Milano Statale\nTeva Meyer, Université de Haute-Alsace\nGabriella Rago, Università degli Studi di Torino\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
CfP
“History and Geopolitics of Nuclear De industrialization”
International Conference or ganized in the framework of the DENUCLIT and the GeoN uFE research projects
11th – 12th June 2026, Turin, I taly

 

The DENUCLIT (Nuclear Deindustrializatio n. Human capital, business restructuring and environmental
change in I taly, 1971-1999, PRIN Progetto di interesse nazionale 2022, dir. Barbara Cu rli) and the
GeoNuFE (Critical Geopolitics of Nuclear Fuel Supply in E urope, ERC Starting Grant 2025, dir. Teva
Meyer) projects invite the s ubmission of abstracts for an international conference on the “History and< br />Geopolitics of Nuclear Deindustrialization” to be held in Turin on 11t h-12th June 2026. The conference
seeks to bring historical and geopoli tical perspectives into conversation with a wider set of approaches,
i ncluding socio-environmental, cultural, anthropological, and economic analy ses, in order to explore the
multiple dimensions of nuclear deindustri alization across time and space.
In recent years, nuclear energy has r eturned to global debates as a possible response to climate
change and concerns about energy security. At the same time, many countries, especial ly in Western
Europe and the United States, have been dealing with the long and complicated consequences of nuclear
decline and industrial r estructuring. This contrast between renewed interest and prolonged contract ion
gives us a sense of the deep asymmetries that now shape the nuclea r landscape, and it raises questions about
how we got here, historical ly and politically. It is along this line of inquiry that the conference is situated.
We bring together the perspectives of two ongoing projects: DENUCLIT, which looks at the
historical and industrial transformation s linked to nuclear closures in Italy, in conversation with a broader
European and global framework of deindustrialization; and GeoNuFE, which ex amines how the geopolitics
of nuclear fuel supply is changing and how power is being redistributed across the sector. By putting these
persp ectives into dialogue, the conference aims to better understand how nuclear industries are dismantled,
reorganized, or, in some cases, deliberate ly kept alive, and how these processes intersect with shifting
geopoli tical, social, environmental, and cultural dynamics. These developments res onate with broader
debates on decommissioning and post-nuclear landsca pes, heritage, memory, and the long-term
management of the sites and m aterials left behind, showing how nuclear activity continues to carry
economic, technological, and political significance beyond power production . This continuity underscores
the enduring and transnational nature of a “residual” nuclear economy.

 

Understanding how nuclear activities persist after reactor shutdowns also helps us make better sense of today’s geopolitics of nuclear fuel. The gradual contraction of the nuc lear market over several decades, through mine closures or mothballing; the downsizing of conversion and enrichment facilities, and the loss of indust rial capacity in many Western countries, has led to a fuel cycle that is no w strongly concentrated in the hands of few actors, creating structural vul nerabilities. The current dependencies that shape the geopolitics of nuclea r fuel are not new: they stem directly from earlier phases of industrial de cline, disinvestment, and policy decisions that reduced domestic capabiliti es. In other words, today’s geopolitical tensions around supply security ar e inseparable from the long-term history of how the nuclear sector was dism antled, reorganized, or allowed to contract.
By combining historical, geopolitical, socio-environmental, and cultural approaches, the conference aims to explore the multifaceted dimension of nuclear deindustrialization. We welcome abstracts that engage with these themes in different national an d regional contexts and that consider the longue durée of nuclear infrastru ctures, from their construction and operation to their dismantling and afte rlives, as well as the evolving geopolitics of the nuclear fuel cycle today .
Possible topics to be discussed as part of the conference’s thematic include, but are not limited to:
· industrial and technological restr ucturing
· business history and the evolution and recomposition of lab or
· financial and legal aspects of nuclear deindustrialization
· safety, health and radioprotection
· the architectures of nuclear dec ommissioning
· socio-environmental policies, legacies and futures of n uclear sites
· community experiences, mobilization and socio-technical imaginaries
· the cultural and material heritage and the politics of memory
· the political geographies of nuclear infrastructures, and sup ply chains
· international, national, regional and local forms of gove rnance
· the geopolitics of nuclear materials re-usage and recycling· circulation of knowledge and expertise
· evolution of approaches and technologies for radioactive waste management

 

Deadl ine & how to apply
Please send an abstract by February 28th, 2026 to the following email address: Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli s pambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo.
Abstracts (in word) must include: a title, full name, institution, e mail address of the author(s), from 3 to 5 keywords, a text not exceeding 3 00 words, and references.
Notifications of acceptance will be communic ated via e-mail to all applicants by March 30th, 2026. If accepted, partici pants are expected to expand their abstracts into longer texts of max. 1,00 0 words and hand them in by May 31st, 2026.

 

Other info, Links & conditions
The conference will be held in English and in p erson only.
Accommodation and meals will be provided by the conference organizers. Transportation expenses will not be covered.
May you have further questions, please contact: Questo indirizzo email è protetto dag li spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo.
Project websites:
DENUCLIT: https://www.denuclit.unito.it/ home
GeoNuFE: https://geonufe.eu/
Scientific and Organising CommitteeElisabetta Bini, Università di Napoli Federico II
Adna Čamdžić, Un iversità degli Studi di Torino
Barbara Curli, Università degli Studi d i Torino
Mauro Elli, Università degli Studi di Milano Statale
Tev a Meyer, Université de Haute-Alsace
Gabriella Rago, Università degli S tudi di Torino

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